• Dining with girl geeks at Google

    So on my first visit to the London office of Google last Thursday, I’m mostly remembering the food experience as much as the people who were there. That experience was when I joined in with nearly 100 others to celebrate the third anniversary of the London Girl Geek Dinners. Indeed,…

  • Skype at 5

    It seems to have been here Since Time Began. But no, it’s just five short years since Skype first appeared. And it’s just over four short years since I first started using Skype, in August 2004. Skype has made a big impact for millions of people in enabling those people…

  • FIR Interview: Zembly CTO Todd Fast

    Sun Microsystems is readying a new online tool that will allow non-programmers to develop social applications in a collaborative manner. Zembly, currently in private beta, will make it easy for those with minimal programming skills to create widgets, Facebook applications, and other tools that can support communication and marketing objectives.…

  • What’s wrong with Technorati

    In episode #373 of the FIR podcast last week, Shel and I discussed what’s wrong with Technorati. This turned into quite a lengthy discussion, initially prompted by Dan York’s report in that episode in which he talked about what’s wrong with Technorati. There seems to be a growing feeling that…

  • The business case for Twitter

    If you want to get a sense of what’s possible with Twitter as a communication tool for business, check out 50 great ideas from Chris Brogan. Even if you already use Twitter in a business setting, you’ll find some useful thinking in the tips offered by Chris. For instance: Build…

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